Have you ever had writer's block? Well when a playwright got writer's block they were usually visited by one of the Muses. There are nine Muses; Calliope the muse of philosophy, Clio muse of historical and heroic poetry, Erato muse of lyrical poetry, Euterpe is the muse of music, Melpomene is tragedy, Polyhymnia is the muse of scared hymnals, Terpsichore is the muse of dancing, Thalia muse of comedy, and Urania muse of astrology. The Muses are Zeus's daughters are they all look similar, but the thing that makes them different is the think that they are holding for example Melpomene hold a mask to represents that she is the goddess tragedy and sometimes she holds a knife instead, Thalia holds the ancient Greek comedy mask, Calliope holds a